Biology:Noropithecus
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Short description: Extinct genus of Old World monkeys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Primates |
| Suborder: | Haplorhini |
| Infraorder: | Simiiformes |
| Family: | †Victoriapithecidae |
| Genus: | †Noropithecus Miller et al. 2009 |
| Type species | |
| Noropithecus bulukensis Miller et al. 2009
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Noropithecus is an extinct Old World monkey uncovered from the Early Miocene formations of Buluk, Kenya. It is known from a fragment of a right mandible. It is believed to have been arboreal and omnivorous.[1]
References
- ↑ Miller, E.R.; B.R. Benefit; M.L. McCrossin; J.M. Plavcan; M.G. Leakey; A.N. El-Barkooky; M.A. Hamdan; M.K. Abdel Gawad et al. (2009). "Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys". J Hum Evol 57 (3): 195–211. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2009.06.006. PMID 19640562.
Wikidata ☰ Q7053186 entry
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